SATA HDD problem

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"Brenda Mulhollann" <brenda248@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:AlCZc.123$zS6.4405@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Hey how you doing? I've got a Samsung SATA HDD (model sp1614c). I can't
make
> it work, i've followed the instructions that came with it. I've got it
> running through ViPowER PCI host card (model vp-9601). When i boot the
card
> show up after the usual detection of IDE HDD's and RAM, the PCI host card
> tells me that the HDD is there and what port its in. Once XP has booted up
i
> can go into device manager and both the card and HDD show up, the drivers
> are installed and both device are "working properly" but when i go into my
> computer the SATA HDD wont show up but my normal one will. I need help.
This
> email has also gone to samsung.
>
> The rest of the computer is as follows:
> RICOCH DVD burner (mp5240a)
> ASUS Motherboard (a7v8x-mxse-uay6z)
> AMD Athlon 2400+
> 512MB ram (hynix 403pa)
> Seagate (st36531a)
> Win Xp Pro (no updates installed)
>
>

I don't see where you fdisk and formated the unit.
You can do it from the device manager.
JPS

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"Brenda Mulhollann" <brenda248@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:AlCZc.123$zS6.4405@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
> Hey how you doing? I've got a Samsung SATA HDD (model sp1614c). I can't
> make it work, i've followed the instructions that came with it. I've got
> it running through ViPowER PCI host card (model vp-9601). When i boot the
> card show up after the usual detection of IDE HDD's and RAM, the PCI host
> card tells me that the HDD is there and what port its in. Once XP has
> booted up i can go into device manager and both the card and HDD show up,
> the drivers are installed and both device are "working properly" but when
> i go into my computer the SATA HDD wont show up but my normal one will. I
> need help. This email has also gone to samsung.
>

You need to get XP to initialise it and then format it, right click My
Computer and choose manage, goto Disk Management. You should see a wizard
to init the drive, then create your partitions and format as you please.

HTH

--
Apollo